•Aptitude + Attitude = Altitude. Part 1 of 3
Aptitude + Attitude = Altitude. Part 1 of 3 Technical aptitude alone is insufficient
Jimmy Conners, winner of 109 professional singles tennis titles says "There's a thin line between being #1 or #100 and mostly it's mental."
In his well-researched book, Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman shows that it's our attitude more than our aptitude that determines our altitude. Whilst our society lauds intellectual giants and power, Goleman's research concludes, "At best, IQ contributes about...
•Aptitude + Attitude = Altitude. Part 2 of 3
Aptitude + Attitude = Altitude. Part 2 of 3 Push mode, Pull mode and Drift mode:
Push Mode
If you have to drive others towards an objective, even drive yourself towards it, I call this being in push mode.
Push mode is typified by focusing your attention on problems that need to be resolved, or things that need fixing. Many people use a 'todo' list or a GTD (getting things done) system. Are you one of them? Take a look at yours now and see if it is a list of problems.
The fun, creative...
•Aptitude + Attitude = Altitude. Part 3 of 3
Aptitude + Attitude = Altitude. Part 3 of 3 What can I learn?
People who achieve great success are always learning. They seek ways to improve and are prepared to work through the difficulties of change required to become better.
Peter Senge in his book, The Learning Organization, expands in great detail about his idea for organizations to constantly seek improvement in everything. But what about learning at a personal level? What if you are currently at the top of your game? Surely you've...
•Goal Setting Advantage - Legend or logic? Part 1 of 4
Goal Setting Advantage - Legend or logic? Part 1 of 4 For far too long, consultants, trainers, guru's and leaders have been misleading us about goal setting. We keep hearing the same myth that people with written goals achieve greater success in life. I fell foul of this story myself - after all, it cam from the pages of a famous author and I've seen it repeated again and again. Most recently in an article published by the Professional Golfers Association. The trouble is that this story...
•Goal Setting Advantage - Legend or logic? Part 2 of 4
Goal Setting Advantage - Legend or logic? Part 2 of 4 In this article, we consider the goal-setting process and support for the concept of SMART goals.
Part 1 of this article considered the myth of the Yale study on goal setting and we discussed what a goal is and if it is necessary to have one.
Perhaps it's not really about knowing your goal but about the goal-setting process. After all, few people who find themselves staring at a computer screen all day answering emails to earn a buck...
•Goal Setting Advantage - Legend or logic? Part 4 of 4
Goal Setting Advantage - Legend or logic? Part 4 of 4 In the first three parts of this series we have looked at goal setting, the process and the real research behind this to find out what makes a difference.
It seems that there is considerable support for the idea of SMART goals, yet there are still some issues with what the goal is. Is it an outcome or about performance?
Outcome goals - some issues
The problem facing many people with regard to 'Outcome' goals is that there is an...
•The war is not to find talent; it's to use the talent you have already!
The search for talent is ongoing. Individuals seek to develop their talents, companies seek to identify talent and retain it, succession planning requires it, politicians plan for it, and the world wants to find it. But what is it?
I was having dinner at a friend's home and the subject came up because their 11 year old son had recently brought home his school report card which stated from his art teacher: "[His] talent is yet to be fully developed." His mother, always one for a quick tongue...
•Understanding and diligence - the means of success
Imagine being 10 times richer than Bill Gates and Warren Buffet combined! Not possible? But it is!
There's plenty of books on Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, to discover how they made their fortunes. All you have to do is create the next critical component of everyone's lives, or invest in absolutely the right thing at exactly the right time. The track records and phenomenal success of these businessmen are inspiring, yet how can we apply this to our own lives? Yet, there's another whose wealth...
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